Tag: summer 2020
President Biden Signs Landmark Police Reform Executive Order
The President signed the order on May 25, the two-year anniversary of Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis
By Stacy M. Brown,...
Two years after Floyd murder, racial trauma permeates US
By Kat Stafford, Associated Press
Black Men Heal co-founder Zakia Williams was deeply moved as she watched a young Black man become emotional while speaking...
Daunte Wright’s mother detained after recording traffic stop
By Associated Press
The mother of Daunte Wright, who was fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer, said she was injured while she was...
Jury foreman: Ahmaud Arbery killers showed `so much hatred’
By Associated Press
The Black man who served as foreman of the jury that convicted three white men of federal hate crimes in the killing...
“Ashamed”: Newspapers Apologize for Decades of Negative Coverage on Black Communities
In at least three instances, an analysis of historical behavior by the newspapers themselves has been followed by an apology. The papers in the...